The auto racks waits as M42, with Heritage unit Monongahela leading, arrives on the siding which completes having a train on all tracks.

Afternoon rest while eastbound NS 170 moves by on the siding.

Crew will arrive shortly to take the westbound to Knoxville. "Heritage" unit NS 8105, Interstate, is second.

Having completed switching chores, the westbound is ready to depart for Knoxville. Caboose is on tail end of V40 which will begin its shift momentarily.

Empty auto racks waiting and ready to depart as soon as the eastbound on the siding clears the Ford signal across State Street.

While local power switches the yard, Norfolk Southern train No. 38Q departs Bristol, Virginia, after a quick crew change on May 13, 2014.

Intermodal and local parked for nose portraits.

Crew change delayed for complications on the Tennessee side.

A ballast train is parked on track 3 as E.B. NS 202 arrives on the siding with western power on the point.

The local power is backing to make up its train in front of intermodal cars parked on the far track. These are probably the cars of NS 23G not involved in yesterdays derailment at Wytheville that ... (more)

Southern #630 blasts its way out of Bristol, VA to begin the 100 mile trip to Radford on this cool April morning.

Waiting for a Tennessee side crew to arrive.

With cylinder cocks open, Southern 630 blasts out of the Bristol, VA/TN station en route to Radford, VA with the "Radford Rambler", a round trip passenger excursion operating over the Norfolk Sout... (more)

Resting in the afternoon sunshine this pair of recently acquired old reliables, with quick-fix NS identities, will soon go on to be painted as have many previous SD40-2s.

The Bristol local gets to use a pair of acquired Sd40-2s (with DIY markings) before they go to be refurbished by Norfolk Southern forces.